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Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)

Description

Common Names

  • Østlig sandsmutte , Danish , Denmark
  • Eastern sand darter , English , Canada
  • Eastern Sand Darter , English , UK
  • Eastern sand darter , English , USA
  • Eastern sand darter , English , Global
  • Dard de sable , French , Canada
  • 东部隐鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 東部隱鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 透明鏢鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 透明镖鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Percoidei

    Family: Percidae

    Genus: Ammocrypta

    Species: Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • North America: St. Lawrence River drainage in southern Quebec in Canada, Vermont and New York in USA; in Great Lakes in Canada-USA (Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and southern Lake Huron) and Ohio River basins from western New York to eastern Illinois and south to Kentucky, USA.

    • Biology

    Inhabits sandy runs of small to medium rivers, usually in 60 cm or deeper water. Locally common but rapidly decreasing in abundance due to siltation and deterioration of water quality (Ref. 5723).

    Habitat

    demersal